SEE THE RANGE OF BRAEMAR MEN'S SWEATERS
'AT ALL THE LEADING STORES
in an all-in-all clubs com- Is the Petition?? If a trophy worry I know not one but two sportsmen who would be will- ing to put upwithout ties of any kind suitable piece at Sole Agents: Flolding, Brown & Finch (For East), Ltd. eliver for annual competition.
....and finally a 'talo- wagger or twa........the 'Road The little club drawn against to Macao', watery as it mayį a big name enjoys mument be, is apparently not quite
of greatness and basks for Л
fleeting spell in the limelight the path of roses our soccer which may not come its way referees expected. Lost Sun- again for years...... unless, ot¦ day's incidents may yet be- course, it happens to pull off a como quite an embarrass-; sensational upset then the duration of its epell in the lime-ment to both the Hongkong of uncertainty to our light is sustained £ little Football Association and the Jnock-out campetition is as longer.
focal Referees' Association. old fashioned as it is unwar- ranted.
One of the conditions of the Roughly the prepositing is that, with KFA approval a selected players making the trip pubile poft will be held to vole that they will, on their return 11 Senior and 11 Junior players to Hongkong, make their newly into a couple of non-positional Required knowledge available in song measure or other to the teams. These two sets of names well eventually be placed before younger players in
pecinlly selected conunitiée munity.
Such Even from which will consider all the merits of each individual und
sketchy information you then select from among them a
see that this is a project which
The second ball of the over Hel Senior
Juulor Fuotbali i point to cost a lot of money wan just shart of a length and, in i Ambassador who will be sent to
It'd be a pity trying to hit it out of the ground, { Engin. There the nominated
will be given an op- There will be the costs of a the batsman was a fraction out: ployers portunity participate fully in great deal of organising of two in his Juditment and skled the The complete pre-seton training, complete wardrobes: of two air ball almost straight above his pragramase of one of Britain's passages to the United Kingdom, head.
That pari and back; and of course most anons labs.
of the expcuses living
The captain who was fielding during the lime they iplayers
at square-leg raced in with *courac" ave undergoing their
shout of it's mine'....but as the in England.
The old familiar Add 11 s up for yourself and ball dropped to lost sight of it
same individuals you will see the donors are in-n the sun and before he could merry-go-round go
revolutions con- cover lus face the ball cracked
out and the will have all expenses "paid deed making a generous
Renerous allowance tribution to our football affairs. im on the nose-breaking the year in and yeLT
wicket-keeper, day when all our teams go into and it
away from It would be a great nity bone-but while they are
on the spot, the same drun for a colony an attractive proposition standing almost
of Hongkong. They will also he such multably uulfitted for every faded and slipped away just reached out and caught the belt wido compellan instead
and they because of a delay in arriving as it bounced off the skipper's being segregated on a Senior the trip
To completo the story aspret of
the batman who was dismissed will be given an opportunity decision by the IKFA.
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as he said by "a bounce off the 10 おやい Some of the
of the project has already been wranged.
One condition
The
fortunate
early
the 1:30
season League games in The strangest cricket story in a long time has just
land before returning to the Colony.
nose.
On the nose
the
cal treatment. '
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ccloun'éss
DJ
and Junior barin will indeed bu á að letter accusion,
No doubt, like me, you have bene" assisted his injured op- potent to the pavilion for medi-heard all the annud argument: evowing that things are difer- One just nover "nose" what's ent in Hongkong and that here koing to happen....oven in the
THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB old game of cricket!!
8TH RACE MEETING Saturday 11th February, 1961.
(To be held under the Rules of The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 9 RACES
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run 2.00 p.m.
R..
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close ut 11.45
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
No person without an Admission Badge will be admitted. Admission Badges must be prominently displayed throughout the meeting.
Admission Badges at $25.00 each are obtainable only on the written introduction of a Member. Admission Badges may be obtained during office hours from the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club at Prince's Building. Ground Floor (facing Statue Square); b, D'Agullar Street; King's Road, North Point and 382, Nathan Road. ADMISSION BADCES WILL NOT BE ON SALE AT THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS.
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The life-blood
These circumstances are the very lifeblood of knock-out competition and as long as administra- Hongkong's soccer
The visit of unofficial! world badminton champion, Tan Joe-hock, has under- ned very clearly how far our standard has slipped! these last few years.
to turn their back on such a polley they
the are denying Rome one of its most beneßelal
There is a whisper that
shots in the arm.
one of the great industrial Na one will seriously suggest organisations now operating
an in the Tsun Wan district is might not be annual 'slaughter of the in-interested in bringing Sonjor nocents'. Of course there will, football into its fast develop- but it will be more than justi-
that there
fed by the once-in-a-lifetime ing district and is ready to the Junior sides would have no fant killing set which the law, expend a lot of money to chance Dgainst their Senior of avouges — and the glorious make such a venturo possible. counterparts. Such a concluncertainty of football will sion is quito presumptuous for inevitably produce. We can have mighty Totten- even if the annual composition hum Hotspur against produced only ona shigla 'up-
Entertaining Rugby
this afternoon in
HK and Kowloon
By "PROP"
Timing will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in Rugger spectators are provided with a very enter- taining programme this afternoon, both in Kowloon and on the Island.
advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).
the
Members, Ladies wearing Ladies Brooches, and thele Guests must enter the Members Enclosure by the entrance to Members Stand.
Members wishing to proceed to Club Boxes on the 4th and Fixtures range from another Hexangular Tourna-
5th Floors of the new Public Stand must do so from the 2nd Floor
of the Members Stand, using the lift or stairs.
Apart from the foregoing, Members, their Ladies, and Mem- bers Guests are not permitted to enter the Pubile Enclosure and Stand,
NO CHILDREN under the age of seventeen years (Western Standard) will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $10.00 each payable at the Gate, Admission Badges will be lesned anal they must be prominently displayed throughout the Meeling.
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $10.00 In order to gain re-ndinisalon.
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be available in the RESTAURANT,
CASH SWEEPS
Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $18.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offlees at Prince's Bullding. Ground Floor (facing Statue Square); 5, D'Aguilar Street and 302, Nathan Road,
· Kowloon, during office hours.
Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 10th February, 1901, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings,
Special Cash Sweep Tickets on the Pearce Memorial Cup scheduled to be run on 4th March, 1901, at $2.00 each may be obtained from the Cath Sweep Offices of the Club,
The office hours of the Cash Sweep Ofices of the Club are ng follow-
Prince's Building, Ground Floor (facing Statue Square) and
fi, D'Agullar Street, Hong Kong:-
Mondays to Fridays
Saturday, 4th February
ment clash between the Hongkong Football Club and the Royal Navy to the Hongkong Area Final of the Army Major Units Com- petition, between the Gurkha Rifles XV and 32 Medium Regiment RA.
Other sides taking part in the Here the emphasis should be Afternoon's sport include RAF, on the tusste between the 14th Field Regiment RA, 17/21st Cunner's pack and the Gurkha's occasion Lancers and 1st Royal Warwick threes. On such an
both skies are capable of pulling egnen!.
Navy will of course be out to out that ittle extra, and 10 emulate the RAF and inflict a hazard an opinion of the result further defeat on the Club, but, would be rather foolish. I doubt if they will success- fut in their allempt. On the other hand Club will be very keen to erase the memory of the one biol on their record this season.
Changes
This rame will start at 3.00 pm, and, at the conclusion the trophy will be presented ta the victorious alde by Mra Ferguson-Innes, wife of Brigadier I. B. Ferguson- Innes, OBE. Chief-of-Staff. Land Forces.
The Navy side is not to hand Al Sekour a local "Derby" Lancers at the moment, bui it will involving the 17/21st almost certainly be drawn and the 1st Royal Warwick Ite from the ranks of HMS Tamar, gument is the highlight of the Club are forced to make a few afternoon, while at Kal Tak changes from their usunt aide.
RAF will take on 14th Field McTavish is absent
from the Regiment RA.
There will be a game to contre and his place will be
interest every "addlet" this taken by Johnstone, Hali moves to afternoon, whether he prefers wing-forward to fill the vacancy
Boundary-street to the Club caused by Johnstone's move, I am to 5 pm.
Smith moves to No. & and Hope Stadium, or Sekong to Kal Tak makes its first appearance in 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. the Hexangular Tournament as
Selections Dam. to 11 am. partner to Ross in the second King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong and 882 Nathan Rood, row.
Selections for today's matches Kowloon:
Club will be strengthened by Club: Moore, Kelly, John. the return of Dwyer, the Colony stone, Kennedy, Stewart, Wilson, [booker, who has been out of the Scruby, Bedford, Dwyer, WII- | game for some works with a back | Hams, Ross, Hope, Berreeloth,
Enjury.
A. D. C. Smith, Hail. At Army Boundary-street, the _SE_Medium Rezi HA: Jump, Final of the Hongkong Area of Borrigan, Mason, McLean, Ker- the Army Major Units Compoti- i win, Kaukroger, Jackson, Shaw, |tion should attract a large tel-i fimilh, Szalon,. Cross, Robertson
Towing.
| Bancroft, Edwards, Willams,
Saturday, 11th February
Mondays in Friday's
Saturday, 4th February
Saturday, 11th February
10 am to 4 pm.
9 am to 11.45 a.m. On.m. to 11 am.
By Order of the Blewards,
A. E. Arnold,
Hong Kong, 4th February, 1901.
Secretary.
are:
It is understandable that the majority of the Senior clubs, who after all control every aspect of soccer within the Hongkong Football. Ama- clation, can see little merit in freely allowing their poor relations from the lower
division into “The Aliclp"
They will argue, no doubt, that games against minor sides would produce no significant revenue and as a consequence there is no justideation for the risir, semale as it may be, of getting knocked
out by a little team.
Just how that argument can be sustained in amateur football
Plans are again being dis- cussed with a view to staging a soap box Derby in the Colony during the summer, Interested parties have been looking over a number of suggested courses.
Bill MacDonald, long time official of the Hongkong Amateur Baxing Association is currently deer stalking in the Scottish Highlands but hopes to be at the ringside when the Scottish Champion- ships are held in the near futuro.
It is difficult to undersind but And lastly, our kost wishos after all these years of disertacion to reforeo, sportswriter, It seems to be the only reason broadcaster Pot Lyttle who why the status quo has been leaves the Colony this work. prolected for so long.
A "Plate" competition could "Solo flying, happy land- very well be organised for those ing, good health and-stay leame eliminated from the out of the rough !!"
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